Went to see the Southern Cross Soloists tonight. I really enjoyed it, though the women who were leaving just ahead of me after the concert were very disparaging. Most of the audience seemed to enjoy it though, the players came back for an encore. They played a new commissioned piece by Gillian Whitehead, which I really enjoyed. It finished with the pianist standing up and strumming the strings like a harp. I enjoyed the ensemble so much that I started wishing that I could play the clarinet – until the Beethoven. The pianist did an amusing introduction, referring to the wind players as "an assortment of plumbing disasters," and noting that the piano was the only instrument that didn't have a puddle under it. Hee!
Added a couple of young adult books to my reading journal, including Alex by Tessa Duder, which was one of my favourites when I was a kid. Discovered after I finished reading it that it’s only on the extensive Book List (the one that’s ten pages long), not the Required Reading list (the one that only has about 50 books). Woops. Oh well. We have to read at least two a week, at least fifteen from the Required Reading List. So far I’ve read two, and the workshop doesn’t start till Thursday, so hopefully I’ll have a wee bit of breathing space. Except for the fact that we also have to have a draft of the first 15,000 words of our novel ready in a few weeks. And then there’s the little matter of the other two workshops I’m taking. PANIC! No, don’t panic, relax. I’m sure it will be fun. Of course it will be fun! It’ll be a blast. Just rather an intense blast involving lots of hard work.
Speaking of which, I should get some sleep so I’ll be able to do some tomorrow. Didn’t get to sleep till 5am last night. Too much coffee? Buffy withdrawal? I can’t believe I watched ten episodes on Sunday...
Posted by Fionnaigh at July 16, 2003 12:36 AM[Late comment, but what the hell]
/Ten/ episodes? My god... The most I've ever managed in a day was eight, but that was the end of Angel S3 which was very very very gripping and intense. And I had only intended to watch one episode, but at the end of that episode was a slight cliffhanger and a "He didn't /really/ mean that, did he?" And the following episode was absolutely cataclysmic and something major was left unresolved, and then something totally horrific happened at the end of the /next/ episode... and so on.
Posted by: Cathy at July 22, 2003 04:24 AM